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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.

 
NUMBER: 593
AUTHOR: Samuel Houston (1793–1863)
QUOTATION: There is a proud undying thought in man,
That bids his soul still upward look
To fame’s proud cliff!
ATTRIBUTION: SAM HOUSTON, “There is a proud undying thought in man,” lines 1–3, The Autobiography of Sam Houston, ed. Donald Day and Harry H. Ullom, p. 56 (1954).
SUBJECTS: Fame